Welcome to my 50th post! I started this blog at the end of October, and I have posted all but one day…and I have to admit I am enjoying it! I don’t really know how many people are actually reading it, but those that are, I hope you are making sense of my ramblings, and […]
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The Fun of Kris Kringle
By Sarah in Book Reviews, Christmas, General Tags: 100 Ghosts, Book, Doogie Horner, ghosts, Kris Kringle, Secret Santa
We have a Kris Kringle/Secret Santa at work every year…we are a small group which makes it easier to have some idea what to buy the person whose name you draw out from the hat! So I always find it interesting to see what I get….I think that it is a sort of an indication […]
Charge Extra for Rudeness
By Sarah in General Tags: be nice, Charge extra for rudeness, thank you
This post leads on from the one I wrote a few weeks ago about “Bring Back The Wave” to say thank you… The owners of Petite Syrah café in Nice who had become fed up with rude customers, has started charging people more if they forget to say “please” when ordering their coffee! They have […]
Sea Shepherd – Operation Relentless begins…
By Sarah in General Tags: Ban whaling, Bob Barker, Operation Relentless, Sam Simon, Sea Shepherd, Sea Shepherd Australia, Steve Irwin
This morning, we headed to Williamstown to wave goodbye to two of the Sea Shepherd fleet as they set off for the tenth time to Antarctica…this is the start of the 2013/14 Campaign called Operation Relentless. Source: Sea Shepherd The crews are ready to save as many whales as they can from the Japanese Whaling […]
Book Review: Melbourne Precincts
By Sarah in Book Reviews, General, Photography, What I am Loving! Tags: Book, Dale Campisi, Melbourne, Melbourne Bars, Melbourne Cafes, Melbourne Precincts, Melbourne Restaurants, photography, shopping, The Bookshop at Queenscliff
On a recent visit to the fabulous “The Bookshop” in Queenscliff, we discovered this book – “Melbourne Precincts: A curated guide to the city’s best shops, eateries, bars and other hangouts” by Dale Campisi! I was born in Melbourne, yet am still discovering places I never knew existed…so this book sounded perfect for expanding our […]
Are You Fire Ready?
By Sarah in General Tags: fire, fire plan, fire ready
A couple of nights ago, we had a major fright…a car parked in our neighbour’s front yard was deliberately set alight during the late evening. We had just got to sleep and woke to yelling and banging, and discovered the front and interior of the car almost totally smothered in flames. This is only about […]
There is a Santa!
By Sarah in Christmas, General Tags: Christmas, Santa, Westjet Christmas Miracle
Some of you may have already seen this clip that is doing the rounds of social media, but I love it so much I just had to share it! Passengers on two WestJet Airline flights..one flying out of Toronto Pearson International Airport and the other from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport…were casually asked by […]
What I am Loving – Meet the Sloths!
By Sarah in General, What I am Loving! Tags: Animal Planet, Meet The Sloths, Sloths, Slothville
I have discovered that there is a new reality show in town…and the participants are seriously cute!! Forget Meerkat Manor…If you have Foxtel (Australia), tune into Animal Planet tonight (Weds) at 7.30pm … I caught the first episode last week and was totally hooked! I mean…how cute is this… Source: Slothville Meet The Sloths follows […]